CASE STUDY Grand Junction Comprehensive Plan Award-winning new plan focuses on livability Location: Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado Partners: City of Grand Junction; Mesa County; Winston Associates; Foresee Consulting, Inc. Context: Grand Junction and surrounding Mesa County experienced sustained economic expansion in the latter part of the 20th Century, with natural gas development, construction and real estate, tourism, and retiree migration all energizing growth. Grand Junction itself has become an important regional center. In 2007 the City had a population of some 55,000 residents and all of Mesa County about 142,000, with projections indicating a doubling by 2035. Grand Junction adopted a “Growth Plan” in 1996, but by the mid-2000’s, most of the easily d

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